EP1069802A3 - Headphone - Google Patents

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EP1069802A3
EP1069802A3 EP00305970A EP00305970A EP1069802A3 EP 1069802 A3 EP1069802 A3 EP 1069802A3 EP 00305970 A EP00305970 A EP 00305970A EP 00305970 A EP00305970 A EP 00305970A EP 1069802 A3 EP1069802 A3 EP 1069802A3
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housing
headband
headphone
hanger
shielding plate
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Tomohiro c/o Sony Corporation Ito
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Sony Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/10—Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones
    • H04R1/1058—Manufacture or assembly
    • H04R1/1066—Constructional aspects of the interconnection between earpiece and earpiece support
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/10—Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/10—Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones
    • H04R1/1008—Earpieces of the supra-aural or circum-aural type
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R5/00—Stereophonic arrangements
    • H04R5/033—Headphones for stereophonic communication
    • H04R5/0335—Earpiece support, e.g. headbands or neckrests

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Headphones And Earphones (AREA)

Abstract

To obtain a headphone capable of preventing foreign substances, dust and the like from entering a housing and of enhancing acoustic characteristics.
A headphone in which a hanger of a headband in a housing having a speaker unit is of a storage type and the housing can be swung in a driving direction or a twist direction with respect to the headband,
   an opening generated between the housing and the headband being blocked by a shielding plate formed on one side of the hanger and a protruded portion formed on the side opposite to the shielding plate.
EP00305970A 1999-07-13 2000-07-13 Headphone Expired - Lifetime EP1069802B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP19919899A JP4062824B2 (en) 1999-07-13 1999-07-13 Headphone
JP19919899 1999-07-13

Publications (3)

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EP1069802A2 EP1069802A2 (en) 2001-01-17
EP1069802A3 true EP1069802A3 (en) 2003-05-21
EP1069802B1 EP1069802B1 (en) 2004-09-15

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EP00305970A Expired - Lifetime EP1069802B1 (en) 1999-07-13 2000-07-13 Headphone

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US (1) US6542615B1 (en)
EP (1) EP1069802B1 (en)
JP (1) JP4062824B2 (en)
KR (1) KR100655499B1 (en)
CN (1) CN1283065A (en)
DE (1) DE60013709T2 (en)
MY (1) MY123408A (en)
SG (1) SG90148A1 (en)
TW (1) TW471234B (en)

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KR100655499B1 (en) 2006-12-08
EP1069802A2 (en) 2001-01-17
JP2001028792A (en) 2001-01-30
SG90148A1 (en) 2002-07-23
DE60013709T2 (en) 2005-09-29
CN1283065A (en) 2001-02-07
US6542615B1 (en) 2003-04-01
JP4062824B2 (en) 2008-03-19
MY123408A (en) 2006-05-31
KR20010015284A (en) 2001-02-26
DE60013709D1 (en) 2004-10-21
TW471234B (en) 2002-01-01
EP1069802B1 (en) 2004-09-15

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